PICU Length of Stay: Factors Associated With Bed Utilization and Development of a Benchmarking Model.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

ICU length of stay is an important measure of resource use and economic performance. Our primary aims were to characterize the utilization of PICU beds and to develop a new model for PICU length of stay.

Design

Prospective cohort. The main outcomes were factors associated with PICU length of stay and the performance of a regression model for length of stay.

Setting

Eight PICUs.

Patients

Randomly selected patients (newborn to 18 yr) from eight PICUs were enrolled from December 4, 2011, to April 7, 2013. Data consisted of descriptive, diagnostic, physiologic, and therapeutic information.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

The mean length of stay for was 5.0 days (SD, 11.1), with a median of 2.0 days. The 50.6% of patients w

SUBMITTER: Pollack MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5834365 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature